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World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Red Cross

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Caroline Dwight Bain papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00762
Abstract

This collection consists of the personal papers of archival consultant and loyal Smith College alumna Caroline Dwight Bain (1928-2015). Of special note are the letters Bain wrote to her parents while she was working for the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, DC, 1944-1945.

Dates of Materials: 1926 - 2015

Dorothy Marsh papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00100
Abstract

Travel specialist and tour guide; and Red Cross official, World War II. The Collection includes correspondence, printed material, press articles, photographs, and memorabilia relating to Marsh's travel agency, Marsh Tours, Inc. Also correspondence and reports from Dorothy's work as a Red Cross teacher in Budapest, 1925, and as Regional Director of Red Cross Service Clubs during World War II; and material on the New York Women's Council and International Executive Service Corps.

Dates of Materials: 1911-1973

Helen Begley Nixon papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00113
Abstract

Red Cross official; Relief worker, World War II; Refugee relief organizer, Vietnam; and President, International Women's Association, Vietnam. The papers document the lives of women in Korea; in Germany after World War II; and in Vietnam, as well as orphanages, and refugees. Material includes correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia; approximately one quarter of the collection is in German, and some is in Vietnamese, Korean, and French.

Dates of Materials: 1945-1951

Mildred Louise Boie Saunders papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00247
Abstract

Poet; editor; professor, English; and Red Cross worker, World War II. Collection is primarily personal correspondence, including a lifetime of letters to her twin sister, which read as a personal journal and document her career, romances, family relations, experiences in psychoanalysis, and world events. Other material includes photographs; writings; a travel diary from a trip to Europe; and reports to the Red Cross from Italy and Egypt during World War II.

Dates of Materials: 1914-1997; Majority of material found within 1928-1960

Rosalie Watson papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 310183630046224]
Identifier: SSC-MS-00261
Abstract

A small amount of material related to Watson's involvement in the Red Cross during World War I and World War II including correspondence, printed material, a photograph, and notes for public speaking engagements.

Dates of Materials: 1918-1953